About
Pamela is the co-author of “Three Wishes: Our True Story of Good Friends, Crushing Heartbreak, and Astonishing Luck on Our Way to Love and Motherhood,” a triple memoir published by Little, Brown & Co. in North America in April 2010 and in five other countries (U.K., France, Holland, Poland, Brazil). Film rights have been optioned by Red Crown Productions in New York.
An award-winning journalist for major U.S. newspapers–including The Boston Globe, Miami Herald, and Washington Post–for more than a decade, Pamela has covered breaking news from Hurricane Andrew and the crash of TWA Flight 800 to the Roman Catholic church crisis and New England’s connections to the September 11 terrorism attacks. She served as The Washington Post’s New England correspondent in Boston for six years and was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2003-2004.
She has bachelors degrees in political science and Soviet/East European Affairs from Tufts University as well as masters degrees in Slavonic and East European studies from the University of London and journalism from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
Pamela currently lives with her family and 19-year-old cat in Chicago, where she happily and imperfectly juggles parenting, writing, teaching journalism, and photography.
Experience
Author/Freelance journalist/Professor
July 2008-present, Chicago, IL
Co-author of “Three Wishes: Our True Story of Good Friends, Crushing Heartbreak, and Astonishing Luck on Our Way to Love and Motherhood,” published by Little, Brown & Co. in April 2010.
Freelance Journalist
April 2004-present, Boston and Chicago
Contributor to The Boston Globe Magazine, National Geographic News, The Washington Post, among other publications. Guest associate producer for WBUR, NPR’s Boston-based affiliate radio station.
Adjunct Professor, DePaul University
Sept.-Dec. 2011, Chicago, IL
Taught undergraduate Introduction to Journalism at DePaul University’s College of Communication.
Adjunct Professor, Boston University
Sept.-Dec. 2005, Boston, MA
Taught undergraduate Newswriting and Reporting class at the Boston University College of Communication.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sept. 2003-May 2004, Cambridge, MA
One of 10 U.S. and foreign journalists chosen to study science and technology as MIT Knight Science Journalism Fellow.
The Washington Post
Oct. 1997-Aug. 2003, Boston, MA
New England correspondent. Also contributor to The Economist and Boston Magazine. Coverage included:
• Roman Catholic Church scandal
• Sept. 11 terrorist attacks (National News desk, Pulitzer Prize)
• Louise Woodward trial
Emerson College
Feb.-May 2003, Boston, MA
Writing coach for print journalism students.
Freelance journalist
Dec. 1996-Oct. 1997, Boston, MA
Contributor to The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The Miami Herald, The Economist, FRONTLINE.
The Boston Globe
April 1994-Dec. 1996, Boston, MA
Metro reporter. Coverage included:
• TWA Flight 800
• Brookline abortion clinic shootings
The Miami Herald
June 1991-March 1994, Miami, FL
Metro reporter. Coverage included:
• Hurricane Andrew (Pulitzer Prize)
• Baby Theresa (Pulitzer Finalist team)
American Metal Market
Nov. 1989-Aug. 1990, London, UK
London correspondent for daily commodities newspaper.
Education
M.S., Columbia Graduate School of Journalism
M.A., School of Slavonic & East European Studies, University of London
B.A., cum laude, Political Science/Soviet & East European Studies, Tufts University
Fellowships-Residencies
Casey Journalism Center for Children and Families, Regional Fellowship, Fall 1997 Dorset Arts Colony, Vt., Writer’s Residency, Fiction, Spring 1998 Environment Fellowship, Acadian Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources, Summer 2000 Vermont Studio Center, Writer’s Residency, Fiction, Fall 2001 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Writer’s Residency, Fiction, Spring 2002 MIT Knight Science Journalism Fellowship, Fall 2003-Spring 2004
References available on request
